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Solid Trifecta: When to Keep Redis in Rails 8

Apr 13, 2026 · 9 min read

rails, ruby, rails-8, performance, caching, solid-queue, deployment

Rails 8 defaults to Solid Cache, Solid Queue, and Solid Cable. Most apps don't need Redis anymore. Some still do. Here's how we decide which workloads stay.

Ruby on Rails Performance Optimization Patterns for 2026

Apr 9, 2026 · 7 min read

ruby, rails, performance, optimization, yjit, rails-8, caching

Concrete benchmarks and patterns for Rails performance in 2026 - YJIT speedups, Rails 8 query optimization, Redis caching, and N+1 elimination.

Rails 8 Solid Cache Performance: Complete Migration from Redis

Oct 27, 2025 · 16 min read

rails, solid-cache, redis, caching, performance, rails-8

Complete guide to Rails 8 Solid Cache performance optimization and Redis migration. Database-backed caching advantages, benchmarks, cost savings, and step-by-step migration strategy.

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